Don't pull our chlidren out of Common Core

PRO: Don't pull our children out

2:52 AM,
Jun. 13, 2014

Barry Erwin

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Barry Erwin
Guest Columnist

Gov. Jindal's recent remarks about Common Core are the most alarming he has made to date. "I am committed to getting us out of ? Common Core," he said last week. Exactly how he would do that remains a big question, particularly given the fact that our existing law is pretty clear about BESE's authority to establish academic standards.

What's really disturbing, though, is that if he does act unilaterally, as his statements imply, he will be exercising a power that seems to fly in the face of what most people would consider the democratic process for stated reasons that are, at best, vague and not ...